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I don’t know what’s worse: to not know what you are and be happy, or to become what you’ve always wanted to be, and feel alone.
Flowers for Algernon, Daniel Keyes

05:15 pm, by eagerfeet-2,939 notes

The world was ending then, it’s ending still, and I’m happy to belong to it again.
How To Be Alone: Essays, Jonathan Franzen

08:40 pm, by eagerfeet-206 notes

I do not exist to impress the world. I exist to live my life in a way that will make me happy.
Illusions, Richard Bach

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If you wish for something hard enough, the fairy tales teach us, you can get it in the end. But it’s hardly ever the way you thought it would be, and the endings aren’t always happy ones.
Good In Bed, Jennifer Weiner

06:26 pm, by eagerfeet-250 notes

Most times we’re so focused on what we think we want that we can’t appreciate how happy we already are. It’s only when we forget about our problems and help others forget theirs that we realize how good we really have it.
The Christmas Sweater, Glenn Beck

02:15 pm, by eagerfeet-324 notes

I want to be the kind of person who can do that. Move on and forgive people and be healthy and happy. It seems like an easy thing to do in my head. But it’s not so easy when you try it in real life.
Waiting For You, Susane Colasanti

11:58 am, by eagerfeet-753 notes

What about you? Are you happiest and saddest right now that you’ve ever been?” “Of course I am.” “Why?” “Because nothing makes me happier and nothing makes me sadder than you.
The History of Love, Nicole Krauss

09:34 am, by eagerfeet-574 notes

Maybe the truth is, there’s a little bit of loser in all of us. Being happy isn’t having everything in your life be perfect. Maybe it’s about stringing together all the little things.
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Ann Brashares

06:10 pm, by eagerfeet-368 notes

Look, I’m going to find a way to be happy, and I’d really love to be happy with you, but if I can’t be happy with you, then I’ll find a way to be happy without you.
The Last Lecture, Randy Pausch

10:33 pm, by eagerfeet-549 notes

And there comes a time in your life when you realize that if you don’t take the opportunity to be happy, you may never get another chance again.
Empire Falls, Richard Russo

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